Hi! I am a new user and I wanted to install Debian on a BeagleBoard, however, the BeagleBoard doesn't boot.
The BeagleBoard doesn't boot into X when turned on. A usable mouse cursor becomes visible, but it remains so for at least 10 minutes (didn't wait longer). When using CTRL - Alt - F5 etc. a shell login prompt becomes visible, and it is possible to login. I purchased a ADATA 16GB class 10 SD card. I've tried with a partition of 4GB to 16GB and default images from https://beagleboard.org/latest-images and from Robert C Nelson. I've tried regular USB images and USB flash images. I've tried with DD (linux) and unetbootin (image writer) and I tried a flash script writer command to create a SD disk. When pressing S2 and powering the BeagleBoard using USB -> 1 ampere power adapter (without anything else connected), just the power LED is on, the other LEDs remain off. I've tried pressing the S2 button for a minute, and just a few seconds. No change. I then purchased a 5V -> USB cable. I've read that the USB power connector is hardware restricted to 0.5 ampere. I did not have a 2 ampere power adapter, but I later read that the USB power of 0.5 ampere should be sufficient. I've tried to boot the SD with both the 5V power cable (1 ampere) and mini USB power (0.5 amp) by pressing the power button for 10 seconds, which will turn the device off, and then powering it on again while pressing the S2 button. Just the power LED lids up, no other LEDs. What could be the cause that the BeagleBoard isn't booting? Is the regular boot (factory default) to a cursor an indication that the board may be broken? Best Regards, Jan Jaap -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/9f0fd6e3-e4e0-4030-8e60-f0dd7f788598%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
